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Arrow McLAREN 2025 XPEL Grand Prix at Road America Qualifying Report

"At the end of the day we can fight from fifth"

Arrow McLaren rolled into Qualifying under clear skies and a clean track, ready to build on the momentum from Practice 2. Christian Lundgaard delivered consistent laps throughout the session, advancing to the Firestone Fast 6 for the fourth time this season. 

Pato O'Ward made it through to Round 2, where he secured P11. Nolan Siegel will start 13th. 

Sunday's action begins with Warm-Up at 9:02 a.m. CST, before the green flag waves for 55 laps of racing at 12:30 p.m. CST. 

Location Elkhart Lake, Wisc. 
Qualifying Date June 23
Round 9 out of 17
Total Laps 55 laps
Total Race Distance 220.77 mi / 355.29 km
Length 4.05 mi / 6.52 km
Number of Turns 14
Christian Lundgaard

Christian Lundgaard, Driver, No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Practice 2 1:45.3412 1st
Qualifying - Round 1, Group 2 1:44.7401 1st
Qualifying - Round 2 1:44.6975 2nd
Firestone Fast Six 1:45.0828 5th
Qualifying Result   5th

"Good Qualifying. It's nice to bounce back from last weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway. We didn't quite have it. Pace is close. We obviously saw in the Fast Six how close the qualifying times are. There are a couple guys we're fighting in the championship, the 27 and the 10 used a third set of alternates, so me and the 3 car are in a better position for the race, and I think that was really our goal: don't sacrifice the race and make sure we think about the long game. I think we did, and at the end of the day we can fight from fifth. I'm happy, hot, sweaty, and conditions will be even worse tomorrow." 

Pato O'Ward

Pato O'Ward, Driver, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Practice 2 1:45.9107 12th
Qualifying - Round 1, Group 1 1:01.6819 5th
Qualifying - Round 2 1:45.3704 8th
Qualifying Result   11th

"I was happy with the balance of the Arrow McLaren Chevrolet today, and I think all the changes we made were definitely helping us improve. We had a very strong Round 1 and just lost half a second of engine performance on the straight line in Round 2. That put us at a bigger deficit to transfer into the Firestone Fast 6. It’s frustrating because I thought we had something to fight for pole with." 

Nolan Siegel

Nolan Siegel, Driver, No. 6 onsemi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Practice 2 1:46.0440 16th
Qualifying - Round 1, Group 1 1:45.0722 7th
Qualifying Result   13th

"We are rolling off 13th, which is a fine spot to start tomorrow. We'll have a fast race car. I don't think being a couple rows up would necessarily be that much better on Sunday, but it would've felt a lot better today. It would've been a nice boost for everyone to transfer, but we just didn't quite have it today. It was super close, and we were less than a tenth from transferring on a four-mile lap. It's tight, and the NTT INDYCAR SERIES is hard. We'll do a good job tomorrow."

Remaining Session Times

Warmup Sunday, 9:02-9:27 a.m. CST FS1
Race Tune In Sunday, 12:30 p.m. CST FOX
Green Flag Sunday, 12:47 p.m. CST FOX